County: Maui
Site_Name: Waiehu Dune Burials
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Wailuku
District: Wailuku
Ahupuaa: Waiehu
Site_Function: I-Burial
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 3-2-13:6
State_Site_Number: 50-50-04-1185
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-C10-010
Project_Number: 090
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Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-04-14 00:00:00.000
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Photo_ID_Number: SMA(a)47-28; 47-26; 47-27
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Surveyor: Hommon
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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Form_of_Ownership: State
Owner: State of Hawaii
Owner_Address: Honolulu, Hawaii
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SiteType: Waiehu Dune Burials; many bones exposed by wind erosion, some by recent bulldozing. At least 33 exposed human burials. Numerous basalt flakes on surface; several collected as probable tool used to dig graves (Ma 179-184). Cranium collected from surface. Latitude: 20-55-43 Longitude: 156-29-54
Bibliography: 9025, Sites Index. Card File, Dept. of Anthro., BPBM Catalog of Skeletal Material, Accession No. 7099 See M 1-2, under C10-10 Photo: Kodachrome Slide, SEP 7125-14
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